Hey, Waitresses! Wearing Red May Get You Better Tips

A French study dressed waitresses in a broad range of different colored T-shirts, then observed the tipping behavior of 722 restaurant customers, according to the New York Daily News. "Not only did the researchers find male diners to be more generous tippers than female customers," the paper says, "but they also found that men gave between 15 and 26 percent more in tips to the waitresses dressed in red. The color had no effect, meanwhile, on the female patrons."

The study was conducted using 11 waitresses in five different restaurants over a six-week period. Each was told to do her job as usual, with the only change being the color of her shirt.

"The results further support the powerful seductive sway that the color red holds for males," the News writes. So if you're the kind of coffee house waitress who frequently spills and screws up orders, get yourself a scarlet top, stat.

Any of you dolls wait tables? (I did when I was in grad school, though we had to wear all black!). Do you get to choose what you wear? Ever notice your tips go up on a day when you wear red? Will you test out the theory now that you've read about this study? Discuss!